A review by naddie_reads
The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai

3.0

 Because, at that moment, he comprehended the driving force behind all this: necessity providing the momentum for existence, momentum bringing forth preparation, preparation in turn paving the way for participation, a positive participation in the relationships thus prescribed, the point at which our very beings try to choose whatever is favourable through a set of predetermined exploratory reflexes, so that accomplishment should depend on them, and the question of whether such a relationship really existed naturally enough presented itself to him in passing, and it depended on patience, on the fine particulars and accidentals of the struggle, since the success of the enterprise, the achievement of a depersonalized sense of mere presence, he now acknowledged, and indeed saw, had a decidedly hit-or-miss kind of significance.

Strong start & ending with some insightful philosophical musings sandwiched in between, but I could’ve done with a shorter length of that sandwiched portion tbh. Ending saved this from becoming a 2 star read for me.